logo
  • News
    • Northside Community Meetings
    • Community Calendar
    • Elected Officials
    • Features
    • Local Business
    • Public Safety
    • Sports
  • Arts + Culture
  • Real Estate
  • Classifieds
  • Marketplace
  • Subscribe
  • Advertise
    • News
      • Northside Community Meetings
      • Community Calendar
      • Elected Officials
      • Features
      • Local Business
      • Public Safety
      • Sports
    • Arts + Culture
    • Real Estate
    • Classifieds
    • Marketplace
    • Subscribe
    • Advertise
Photo Antiquities premieres photos of first female pilots
Arts + Culture, Editor Picks, Education, Historic Deutschtown
admin, on
August 2, 2018
Photo Antiquities premieres photos of first female pilots

By Nick Eustis

Photos courtesy of Photo Antiquities

The Photo Antiquities Museum of Photographic History in Deutschtown is unveiling a new photography exhibit this August, featuring images of some of Pittsburgh’s first aviators and airfields.

“The focus of the exhibit is early aviation, with emphasis on the airfields in Pittsburgh,” said Frank Waters, executive
director of the museum.

The exhibit focuses primarily on three airfields: Rogers Field
in Fox Chapel, founded around 1923, Bettis Field in West Mifflin, founded in 1924, and Allegheny County Airport also in West Mifflin, founded in 1931.

Images show a number of early Pittsburgh aviators taking off from these airstrips and performing death-defying acrobatic stunts.

Several female aviators are featured, each of them pioneers in their time. Two of them are Teresa James and Helen Richey.

James was born in Pittsburgh in 1914, and first took flying lessons on a whim to surprise her brother. By age 19, she flew her first solo flight, and in 1941, became the first female flight instructor to graduate from Buffalo Aeronautical Institute. She went on to be the first female pilot to fly a  military plane across the United States. Richey was born in McKeesport in 1909, and graduated from McKeesport High School. She learned to fly at age 20, and by 35, was hired by United Airlines, becoming the first woman to fly for a commercial airline. Two years later, she broke the record for altitude in a light aircraft, reaching 18,448 feet.

From these early moments in aviation, the exhibit moves on to, according to Waters, the “golden age of aviation.” Primary features are images of air races in the mid-1930s, in cities like Philadelphia, Cleveland and Los Angeles.

One floor above the aviation exhibit is the museum’s  permanent collection with over 500,000 pictures from all over the world. It includes 1840s daguerreotypes, one of the earliest forms of photography, and 19th century mugshots. The museum also maintains an extensive camera collection, with over 2,000 on display in the “Camera Room.”

The Photo Antiquities Museum is located at 531 East Ohio Street. It’s open Wednesday through Saturday, and Monday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Donate today to help support the Northside community newspaper's mission to provide hyperlocal coverage for our neighborhoods, neighbors, and their future.

Related Posts
Allegheny Center, Allegheny Commons, Central Northside, Video Features
Flashback: From Allegheny Center to Nova Place
An $85 million plan in the 1960s failed, but a $100 million investment by FAROS Properties in 2015 is helping rebrand the former site of the Allegheny...
June 15, 2018
Photo Antiquities Lincoln exhibit four years in the making
Historic Deutschtown
Photo Antiquities Lincoln exhibit four years in the making
Photo by Ben KlinePhoto Antiquities Founder Bruce Klein giving Mayor Bill Peduto a tour of the exhibit. By Alyse Horn Just days before President Abrah...
April 27, 2017
Historic Deutschtown museum exhibit features after-life oddities
Features, Historic Deutschtown, Photo Gallery
Historic Deutschtown museum exhibit features after-life oddities
Photo by Justin Criado With the beginning of fall it's time to get in to the Halloween spirit. The Photo Antiquities museum on 531 East Ohio St. in Hi...
September 9, 2014
e-Edition
Northside Neighborhoods
Northside Guides
FORMS + SUBMISSIONS
Events Letters to the Editor News Tips
POLL
MOST READ
February poll results
Editor Picks, Features...
February poll results
March 18, 2023
February saw the launch of an exciting new feature on The Northside Chronicle’s website: polls! We asked our visitors to cast their votes on a variety...
this is a test
PREVIEW: Northside company launches program to promote robotics startups
Allegheny City Central, Business...
PREVIEW: Northside company launches program to promote robotics startups
March 17, 2023
Robots are perhaps one of the most common ideas people think about when they envision the future. And one Northside company is seeking to bring the fu...
this is a test
Ask An Attorney
Local Business, News...
Ask An Attorney
March 16, 2023
This month’s article will focus on insurance, namely car insurance. Car insurance is a necessary evil as it allows us to compensate others for injurie...
this is a test
BREAKING: Perry graduate to add books to school’s library
Arts + Culture, Features...
BREAKING: Perry graduate to add books to school’s library
March 16, 2023
A Perry High School graduate will install two of her own books in the school's library in an event this Friday. Maisha Howze , who graduated from Perr...
this is a test
Northside Business Briefs: March 2023
Business, Chateau...
Northside Business Briefs: March 2023
March 15, 2023
Bicycle Heaven reopens after flood damage Bicycle Heaven, the Northside’s bicycle museum and bike repair shop, reopened in late February following flo...
this is a test
Neighborhood Community Development Fund
Northside Leadership Conference
Donate

The Northside Chronicle

thenorthsidechronicle.com
Phone: (412) 321-3919
Email: [email protected]

About Us

Stay tuned with us

Copyright ©2022 Northside Chronicle. All rights reserved.